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Tuesday, 8 January 2013

a new treasure for Tuesday treasures

It's been awhile since I have played along with Tuesday treasures.
Melody is changing this from a weekly event to a monthly event and it just so happens I have a new treasure that I can share.
Before Christmas, Hub and I were out shopping and we came upon some wooden spinner decorations that when you light the candles underneath it spins a propellor which turns the centre decoration. Sorry for my poor description but the pics will clarify, anyhow.... before Christmas they were quite expensive and we thought we should just not get one, well... on the weekend I went shopping and as I was passing the shop that had the spinners I thought I would pop in and see if they were reduced. There were only a few left and most of them were slightly damaged, mind you they were still asking a decent price. There was one that was still in the box and was reduced from over $100 to only $50 and it hadn't been out of the box yet. I just couldn't leave it there. It's only made in China but it is not a bad quality
It is a little big but it was the nicest one there. Hub was delighted that I bought it, he even commented that he loved it and to leave it out for a bit! There you go..
Now for the pics.
Here we have the tower of Christmas-ness.

the nativity with the three kings bearing gifts

the shepherds and their flocks

Angels... (on the first and second tier)

As it is a late addition to the Christmas decorating it will stay out and be enjoyed for a little while before being put away for next Christmas.
There has been some stitching happening too, the gift quilt seems to have taken precedence over other crafting. It needs to be finished by the end of March.
I have finished all the flower centres, leaves and chain stitch border.

Now I am up to the actual flowers, not so boring.
The white on white fabric has arrived so I have enough now for the dresden backgrounds!
I was panicking about not having enough of the pink plaid from this range but thank goodness I managed to find 1/2 metre from Quilt Fabric Delights in SA. It should be in the mail tomorrow! Phew thankyou QFD. I wanted to border the blocks with the pink plaid like I did in my DITG centre block. It's coming together perfectly.
Hope everyone in Aus is in a safe place and coping with the heat.
I am loving my air conditioner heaps!
Tomorrow am off to see the Hobbit at Gold class cinemas. Lovely!
Happy Stitching!

33 comments:

I have never seen a spinner before, it looks like an intriguing decoration. Great to get it on special too. Your stitching is looking good, I'm glad you were able to get the fabric you need to finish it.

Happy to hear that you treated yourself to such a lovely Christmas decoration. It was meant to be, one little unopened box just waiting for you.You seem to be making good progress on your lovely quilt/gift. Don't you just love the holidays!

I love the candle spinning decoration.. have seen them before and they are adorable.. great find getting one for a bargain price adn the detail in it is amazing.... I just love the look of your new quilt... what a lot of detail in that too!!!Enjoy both ..Hugz

I have not seen one of these in layers like this. My grandmother had one that the candle caused the fans to spin but it only was one high. Very cool. Someone is going to get a wonderful gift, beautiful stitching! Hubs and I took our oldest Grandson to see the Hobbit a couple weekends ago. It was fabulous!